WHY WE NEED YOU

Folding@home is a project focused on disease research. The problems we’re solving require so many computer calcul­ations – and we need your help to find the cures!

Help us fightAlzheimer’s

The Folding@home software allows you to share your unused computer power with us – so that we can research even more potential cures.

FOLDING?

Folding refers to the way human protein folds in the cells that make up your body. We rely on the proteins to keep us healthy and they assemble themselves by folding. But when they misfold, there can be serious consequences to a person’s health.

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Where it
all began

The journey started in the year 2000, at Stanford University. The Pande Lab, directed by professor Vijay Pande, founded the Folding@home project. Ever since, the team has been researching protein folding, computational drug design and other types of molecular dynamics.

What’s new
this month?

If you are interested in updates from the Lab, new research projects, learning more about or progress our recent findings – take a look through out latest blog posts and learn more about what is happening in and around the lab right now.